The Kenosha telegraph. [volume] (Kenosha, Wis.) 1860-1888, 1887-12-30
MICHIGAN.

other day.
MICHIGAN.
John C. Holmes, one of the Oldest and
most respected citizens Of Detroit, dropped
dead the other afternoon of apoplexy.
Boyd's livery barn at Detroit was burned
the other night tog ether with six horses,
etc. Loss, 81. 500; insurance, IS, 500.
Eugene Converse, the Battle Creek lawyer
who recently committed bigamy by marry
ing young woman'at Waukesha, Wis, plead
guilty of ENLIGHTENMENT at Marshall few
days ago and was sentenced to five years in
the Jackson penitentiary
Larry Finn, who beat out his wife's
bl Inns with an iron tea-kettle, was convict
ed of murder in the second degree in Mar
quette recently.
The Argyle mine, twelve miles west of
Ishpepling, was recently sold for $3.50, 900
to Morris Sellers, of Detroit, and other iron
manufacturers of Detroit and Chicago.
The report of the Commissioner of Labor
under the new law taxing mortgages indi-
Gates total rnortgaged Indebtedness in the
State of nearly $40, 000,O0 or about
twenty per cent of the assessed valuation.
Rev. A. II. Mueller, pastor of the German
Lutheran Church of West Bay City, was
found dead in his bed the other afternoon
He died from ruptured blood vessel, was
twenty eight years old and married
Major W. W. Van Antwerp, postmaster at
Jackson, commander of Edward Pomeroy
Post, G. A. R., a Knight Templar, and asso-
ciate editor of the Jackson Patriot, died the
other morning of cancer of the liver
Frederick K. Stearns, president of the
Detroit Baseball Club, has resigned, owing
to a pressure of other business.
The Baraga Hotel was burned the other
day, and the remains of a man, supposed to
be Mr. Rennick, a lumberman, were found
in the ruins
Lyman Thompson, a farmer, living near
schoolcraft while tearing down an old mill
recently was crushed by a falling piece Of
timber.
Silas Decker, well-to-do farmer of Had
ley. Ilapeer County, committed suicide by
hanging himself in his barn few days ago.
1he annual report of the State Inspector
shows that 8, ga, 800 barrels of salt were
inspected in Michigan during the present
year, There are 142 blocks and 4, 500 salt
covers in the State, with an estimated ca
pacity of 5,265, 900 barrels
About 5000, 900 feet of lumber were
cut at Cheboygan the last season, the larg-
est ever recorded It falls about %, OOO,-
900 feet short of the amount anticipated at
the start, but is about 100000 900 feet in
excess of the cut of 1856.
MINNESOTA.
At the annual meeting in St Paul of the
Minnesota Association of Trotting and Pac-
ing Horse Owners Commodore n W. Kilt
son, of ST. Paul, was elected president
A number of ladies at FaribauIt have in
corporated and will build home to be
known as the minnesota Home for Aged
and Infrm Women"
The thirtieth anniversary of the Lake
City First Baptist Church was celebrated
recently. The roll call was responded to by
only three original members.
Collector of Customs Moore recently gave
out tabulated report of the seasons lake
business at Duluth. The arrivals of vessels
We're ], 234 and elearances ], 23S, the total
tonnage being ,03U, 763Itons. Coal receipts
fer the year were ], O41, 900 tons; ore ship
ments, 800, 467 tons; lumber shipments,
100000 feet and grain shipments, 20
0O7, $50 bushels
Part of the keel of the first ship ever built
at Duluth was laid the other day She will
be $50 feet long, built entirely of steel and
cigar-shaped, with turtle-back decks She
is expected to combine speed, safety and
great carrying capacity. The boat will be
launched about next July
William Lee, who has been appointed
postmaster at St Paul, is one of the Oldest
wholesale merchants in Minnesota, but has
been living retired life for some years.
Cornelius Higgins left ear was bitten off
by George Burk at Duluth during little
unpleasantness recently
A few nights ago the switchmen in the
Winona & St Peter yards at Winona struck
because third switch-engine had been
placed in the yard to dispatch the work.
Their places were promptly filed, and the
men now acknowledge that they made a
mistake
Ewald & Havert, dealers in boots and
shoes at Winona, failed recently.
Sheriff A. j. Blazier and his assistant.
while arresting Andrew Hohnadel, near
Ada, a few days ago, on requisition from
Dakota for forgery, were attacked by the
father, three brothers and three women,
and barely escaped with their lives The
prisoner escaped
The ST. Paul ice carnival will open Janu-
airy 26, and close February 4.
Captain H. G. Shea, of the Enamet light
artillery, left st. Paul recently, and the
officials of the Stata militia have discovered
that nearly all the vouchers for money ex-
pended for the command are false
Recent reports received at Minneapolis
indicated that the wheat crop in the North
west would exceed the estimates. 1t was
now calculated that the total product of
Minnesota and Dakota would be about o.
600, 900 bushels.
DAKOTA.
The Land Department has decided the
contest case initiated by F. G. Small, of
Harold, against J. W. Bell in favor of the
heirs OF Small Bell made fraudulent en-
try of a timber claim in the name of his